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Ecology - Antarctica Adaptations Flashcards

1
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What do species adapt to?

A

High O2 concentrations and cold tempereratures.

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Most prominent southern ocean fish….

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Notothenioidei

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Features of Notothenioidei,

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Complete loss of NADH-6-dehydrogenase
Antifreeze Glycoproteins
Reduced HG

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Antifreeze Glycoproteins

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Allow avoidance of freezing by binding H20 and preventing ice crystal formation.

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Structure of antifreeze glycopreoitnes.

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Monomeric repeats of Thr-Ala-Ala each Thr linked to the A disaccharide galactose-N-acetyl galactosamine

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Why do Channichthyidae lack hemoglobin?

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Hihg O2 in southern ocean allows direct despotion through soltions.

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Ambient air tempreatures of the southern ocean?

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-40 to -60 whilst oceans near freezing

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Mechanisms of controlling heat loss…

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Conduction/Convection
Radiation/Evaporation

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Behavioural adaptations…

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Reducing surface area by curling or huddling in pengions

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Examples of integumentary adaptaitons…

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Winter plumage and blubber insulate

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Fur insultaion…

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Piloerection increases, however efficiency low in sleet, winds and water.

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How is conductive heat loss maintained?

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Peripiheral tissue cooling whilst maintaining core temperatre

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Counter-current heat exchange

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Prevents excessive heat loss being a two-phase flow regime which the working fluids flow in opposite directions.

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Structure of Counter-current heat exchange mech…

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Veins and Arteris run in close contact, two concentric conduits warm arterial blood cooled by the venus blood.

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Risk of physical activity…

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Overheating

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16
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Physical activity overheating adaptations…

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Selective brain cooling
Icewater

17
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Thermoregulation importance in young….

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Smaller size and wetness at birth.

18
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Altricial

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Young hatched and requiring significant parental care

19
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Precocials

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Born in advanced states able to feed themselves and move independetly.

20
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Thermogenesis

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The dissipation of energy through the production of heat.

21
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Adaptations to food availability…

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Lower basal metabolic rate
Physical activity lower
Fat storage
Hibernation
Surpus killing

22
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Photoperiod at the poles…

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Days can change up to 30 min a day…

23
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Mechanism of circadian rhytmh….

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Pineal gland recives information when stimulated by visual recogniton of light ocnditiosn.

24
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Function of melatonin…

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Synchronizes the circadian rhytmhs…

25
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How do full-light animals recognise feeding times?

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Recognise spectral compostion changes.

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